One of the thing that many (though not all) of the bloggers that I read have in common is giveaways. Many of them come from the ranks of the book bloggers that I read, in an effort to help authors promote their latest work. Good books are too awesome not to share, and keeping mum about book giveaways that I know about would be almost criminal (even if it might increase my chances slightly of winning something myself. ;))

So I'll be starting a feature here on Views from the Reader Side where, once a week, I'll share with my readers links to the great giveaways that I've found among my blog perusing. (If you're interested in non-book blogs, you can check out my Giveaways and Goodies feature over at Sanity's Overrated.) Along with the giveaways, I may pass along a few other bits of book-related info that I come across. (Though not reviews. There are so many great reviews, I'd be typing for days.)

Without further ado, here are the giveaways, listed by date so you know which ones you need to check out sooner rather than later.

And, as always, don't forget the constant stream of giveaways on Goodreads.com. I've won close to 30 books through them and am finally starting to dive into them. Look for reviews in the upcoming weeks.

And now for some goodies that I've found through my blog reading that I thought my fellow readers would enjoy.

Though it encompasses all forms of media, there are a lot of great book quotes on GeekDad's 100 Quotes Every Geek Should Know. There isn't a huge showing of books, but one of my favorites is number 12 "WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE - God, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams. Another of my favorites is number 96. "Daddy would have gotten us Uzis.", said by Samantha in Night of the Comet (one of my all time favorite Camp movies). Many other favorites in there too. Which are some of yours?

Finally, for those who are trying to write as well as read but find themselves stymied, Tor.com passes along the information that you can get writing prompts from famous authors over at Figment. Two that they mention giving prompts are Lev Grossman and Aimee Bender. I've signed up over at Figment, but haven't had a chance to check out the prompts yet. Maybe (hopefully) tomorrow or Sunday.

So that's it for this week. I'm hoping to have more goodies next week to share, as well as a few new books to review and anything else that I may find to catch your attention. Thanks for stopping by!

* No offense to the many other blogs that I read and enjoy for not including you here. If I included all the great blogs that I read, I would never get to my actual post.

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